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noun
A process by which anything disintegrates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The condition of anything which has disintegrated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
The process of radioactive decay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: nuclear physics
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noun
The process of radioactive decay.
The radioactive decay of a single atom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: nuclear physics
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noun
total destruction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: annihilation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: destruction, demolition, wipeout
Narrower terms: extinction, extermination
noun
the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: decay, radioactive decay
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nuclear reaction
Narrower terms: alpha decay, beta decay
noun
separation into component parts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dissolution
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural process, natural action, action, activity
Narrower terms: fibrinolysis, lysis
noun
in a decomposed state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: decomposition
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decay
Narrower terms: fragmentation
noun
a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: disability, disablement, handicap, impairment
History
From disintegrate + -ion or dis- + integration.
Across languages
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
